Guise,Third Duke

Guise,Third Duke
Guise, Third Duke Title of Henri de Lorraine. 1550-1588.
French military leader who helped plan the massacre of Huguenots on Saint Bartholomew's Day, 1572. His designs on the throne led to his assassination by order of Henry III.

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